Foot-guard for shovels.



No. s3i,255. I Patented Aug. l5, I899.

A. KLAWON.

FOOT GUARD FOR SHUVELS.

(Application filed Dec. 7, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE.

AUGUST KLAWON, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

FOOT- GUARD FOR SHOVELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,255, dated August15, 1899.

Application filed December 7, 1898. Serial No. 698,5 8'7. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST KLAWON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Foot-Guards for Shovels,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to foot guards for shovels; and the object of myinvention is to furnish a foot-guard for shovels that will besubstantial, will hold toits place, and will be out of the way ofinterfering with the dirt or other material being shoveled. This objectI attain by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device; Fig. 2, a sideelevation. Figs. 3 and 4c are views of the respective ends; Fig. 5, ashovel with my device attached.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A Ais a foot-guard for a shovel made of fiat steel bar-say three fourthsof an inch wide by one-eighth inch thick-the edges of which may be roundor beveled,-as shown. The ends are bent downward, one of the endsterminating in a tang O, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, to be driveninto the wood of the shovelblade, as shown in Fig. 5. The end of theguard opposite the tang end is provided with a slot D, dividing the endinto 'jFtWSE E, Figs. 1, 3, and 4, which stride the blade of the shovel,and being forcibly driven onto it the grip of the jaws E E on the blade,together with the grip of the Wood around the tang, secures the guardfirmly in place, as shown in Fig. 5.

I am aware that footguards for shovels have been made before myinvention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

A footguard for shovels having its ends downwardly inclined andterminating one end with a tang and the other end with jaws,substantially as and for the purposes described and set forth.

AUGUST KLAWON.

WVitnesses:

JOSIAH B. FROST, CLAUDE GREENE.

